reeducate

re·ed·u·cate | \ (ˌ)rē-ˈe-jə-ˌkāt

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reeducated; reeducating; reeducates

Definition of reeducate

transitive verb

: to train again especially : to rehabilitate through education

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The program reeducates people about how to eat in a more healthful way. We need to reeducate the workers who lost their jobs when the factory closed.

Recent Examples on the Web In the Soviet sector, authorities in 1946 founded DEFA, a monopoly film production company that used the famous Babelsberg studio outside Berlin and its personnel to start making movies meant to reeducate the German people after years of Nazi rule. — David Rising, Star Tribune, "History on screen: East Germany through its filmmakers' eyes," 3 Oct. 2020 In the Soviet sector, authorities in 1946 founded DEFA, a monopoly film production company that used the famous Babelsberg studio outside Berlin and its personnel to start making movies meant to reeducate the German people after years of Nazi rule. — David Rising, USA TODAY, "History on screen: East Germany through its filmmakers' eyes," 3 Oct. 2020 As with all of these mega-[corporations], staff turnover is high, which means that we are constantly forced to reeducate each successive team. — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, "Father of slain journalist Alison Parker takes on YouTube over refusal to remove graphic videos," 20 Feb. 2020 So my son had to educate and reeducate himself to the new and the old simultaneously, not unlike Jerry Garcia and the guitar after his stroke. — Mike Mikula, Washington Post, "What happened when my son slacked his way through algebra and we didn’t bail him out," 8 Aug. 2019 With great power come great headaches, however, and since landing in the United States, Holmstén has had to reeducate those used to the old favor-trading. — Claudia Rosenbaum, Billboard, "Jobs of Tomorrow: Spotify's Nick Holmstén on Why the Streaming Giant and Its Algorithm Are Good for Business," 27 June 2019 Pacify and imprison the elders; separate, indoctrinate and reeducate the youngsters; protect the supply routes at all costs: This was the order of the day. — Matthew Farwell, The New Republic, "America’s Once and Future Concentration Camp," 3 July 2019 There was a public-health push to reeducate people about what this kind of suffering looks like. — Jessica Knoll, The Cut, "I Dated My Rapist," 17 Oct. 2017 Phase 2, let’s try to get the muscles to reeducate. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, "Lady Gaga Sobs 'I'm Alone' in Mysterious New Preview for Her Five Foot Two Documentary," 24 Aug. 2017

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“Reeducate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reeducate. Accessed 23 Oct. 2020.

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